Health Act 2004
Functional areas of dissolved health boards. |
67.—(1) An area that before the establishment day was a functional area of— | |
(a) a health board, | ||
(b) the Eastern Regional Health Authority, or | ||
(c) an Area Health Board, | ||
becomes on that day a functional area of the Executive with the same geographical boundaries as it had before that day. | ||
(2) References (however expressed) in any enactment referred to in Schedule 3 to a functional area of a health board, the Eastern Regional Health Authority or an Area Health Board are on and after the establishment day to be read as references to— | ||
(a) the corresponding functional area of the Executive or that area as redefined in accordance with this section, or | ||
(b) if the context so requires, the area comprising all of the corresponding functional areas of the Executive or comprising all of those areas as redefined in accordance with this section. | ||
(3) Subject to subsection (4) and section 15(2)(a) of the Civil Registration Act 2004 , the Executive may, by notice published in Iris Oifigiúil, redefine for any purpose specified by it in the notice the geographical boundaries of a functional area of the Executive. | ||
(4) If the Executive proposes to redefine the geographical boundaries of a functional area for the purpose of any function that is the subject of an agreement under section 8 with a public authority, the Executive shall consult that public authority before redefining those boundaries. |